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Offline Maltek

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What Camper to Buy??
« on: August 03, 2012, 06:39:24 PM »
Ok so after some suggestions as to what camper trailer to buy, I wanted to spend around the 20K mark for a fully setup camper trailer, I have 3 kids so was hoping for something with a separate kids room for longer stays and a full annex for the kitchen / living, some kind of attachable ensuite would also be very nice but I haven’t seen many with this feature.

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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2012, 06:48:06 PM »
Buy mine..... :cheers:

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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2012, 06:53:29 PM »
Customline V3 for $18000
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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2012, 07:50:40 PM »
From your other posts I gather you are in SEQ.  My favs in that area are Vacation Campers and Trackabout.  Both would seem to fit your bill, though it seems Vacation Camper would have more inclusions for the price, along with the kids room (optional).

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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2012, 08:01:50 PM »
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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2012, 08:10:55 PM »
Buy a good camper and a 30 second tent if you want a kids room
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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2012, 08:18:20 PM »
Customline V3 for $18000

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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2012, 10:07:02 PM »
Customline Off-road

We looked at both off-road and walk-up but could opt out the off-road to suit us better and allowed a few extra nice things in the budget.
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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2012, 10:13:22 PM »
I would probably buy one off one of the MySwag members a bit cheaper, as some good ones are advertised on the site.  You could then use the extra funds to do what you wanted with it.  I know you said "fully set up", but from what I have read in the 6 months or so that I have had the privilege of being a member here, very few people are satisfied with exactly what they bought, and most do some modifications to suit what they want more precisely.
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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2012, 11:09:08 PM »
What's your budget, how often do you go camping, what luxuries do you want , what vehicle is towing it, how many people will be sleeping in it, are you going off road or staying on road, how fancy do you want the kitchen etc etc

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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2012, 11:53:42 PM »
What's your budget, how often do you go camping, what luxuries do you want , what vehicle is towing it, how many people will be sleeping in it, are you going off road or staying on road, how fancy do you want the kitchen etc etc

Mark raises a number of great questions without which it would be impossible to give you any real advice.  Of course I could just recommend the manufacturer of my beloved CT ... Modcon.   ;D
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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2012, 05:32:08 AM »
These guys will build you whatever suits you and of excellent quality...  I didn't say "excellent price" as you get what you pay for but should be able to do what you are after with your budget and these are with out a doubt up there with some of the best Australian built campers...

http://www.explorercampers.com.au/

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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2012, 10:42:07 PM »
Thanks all for the advice,

Eamonn what do you have to sell?

Mark I am waiting on a new Ranger that should arrive in October so towing should not be a problem, I was wanting to spend around the $20K mark and was hoping that with a trailer we could get away a bit more often than what we do at the moment (Tent Only, Big job to setup and pack up). We are a family of five so I was hoping for a kids room for the kids to sleep in. We like to do most of our camping on the beach so it would need to be an off road camper that won’t rust up on me. We also really like the Drifta kitchens.

I did check out some of the suggestions on Saturday and must say that for me the Trackabout camper stood out above the rest, very well made campers, loved the Safari SV Extenda and could justify the price if they through in the extra room and Annex enclosure.

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Re: What Camper to Buy??
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2012, 11:43:35 PM »
go call them then and ask  ;D
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